Adjustable lighting fixture for mirrors



Aug. 25, 1931. H, CQRWIN T 1,820,348

ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING FIXTURE FOR MIRRORS c Filed April 2. 1930 I PatentedAug. 25, 1931.

Nrre et= w re f i mes HARLEY aeonwn'v, anon-en nrLAin, AND CLARENCE wreii mn, or LOS'ANGELESL' i CALIFORNIA I ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING v licationfiled April 2,

Our invention relates to adjustablelight ing fixtures for mirrors suchas are usedin the doors of medicine cabinets,'on, dressing tables, andother places. Where it is desired to have a mirror with adjustable lightfixtureassociated therewith,-andis the primary object of our inventionto provide a construc' tion in which the open slot for the movable lightfixture is hidden from the frontview of the mirror or frame on whichsuch fixture or fixtures are movably mounted. These open slots in thefrontof a mirror or frame are not only unsightly, but are dirt catchersand objectionable. 1 j 1 In order to explain our invention, we haveillustrated on the accompanying sheet drawings a structure embodying ourinvent1on',.which we will now descr be. .7

Figure 1 is a front elevationof a mirror 0 showing our lighting fixturein connection therewith s j Figure 2 IS an edge viewthereof, Figure 3 isa front view of a frame struce ture, without door or mirror showing thefixturesthereon; V

Figure 4 1s an edge view thereof;

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of the supporting means for the adjustablefixture, and

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view taken on'line 6-6 of Fig. 1. r

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, we have shown our invention inconnection with 'a box or cabinet body 6, having a doorframe 7, hingedat 8, ,8, and having a mirror 9 slipped into the frame 7, which is inthe formv of a channel. In the opposite sides of the box or body 6, nextto the mirror frame, are two vertical chambers formed in the supportingframe of the mirror and designated 10, and mounted in these chambers arevertical tubular rods, 11, only one showing in Fig. 2, said. rods 11being secured at their upper ends,

through the top andbottom of the chamber 10, and fastened with removablenuts, 12, 12, as will be clear from Fig-5, in. which one of the rods isshown in larger View. Slidably mounted on each rod is a sleeve 13, witha bent arm 14 secured thereto, provided at itsupper end with alightsocket to rece ve a lamp 15, of the usual type. I The sleeve 13ispro- FIXTURE, Eon" MIRRORS.

1930. Serial No. 441,008.

vided in side to which'the armdis joined with a small flat spring 16, tofrictionally I bear upon the side of the rod 11.

into the cabinet at any convenient point, as

at 17 and is inserted through the arm 14, there being a clearanceopening at 18 between the sleeve '13 and thearm, 14:, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 3 and Fig. f, .wehavejshown 'simplefframe with the box chambers10, as I or in thefother views and without the box orcabinet body, itbeing the intention that the invention can be embodied inany suitablestr icture foruse in awall, or on a table frame,

as in Fig. '3, or any other desn'ed location;

where it is desired to have adjustable light Itwill'be'noted that theslots into the box chambers'in which the rods 11, are placed the arms14, 14, projecting out around the edges of the frames at oppos-itesides.

Q We have shown and described the invenj tion as applied to smallcabinets for bath and toilet room construction, but do not limittheinvent-ion to any particular place or use, it

being our intention to provide construction and arrangement wherebyadjustable light fixtures can be associated with and close to a mirrorwithout having any exposed open slot in the front of the structure inwhich said fixtures move.

'VVeclaim:

A device of the character described including a mirror, a chamberpositioned in back of the mirror andadjacent a vertical edge there of,saidchamber having an elongated opening in the outer side face thereofand out of view when. looking at the face of the mirror, .a' verticallyextending rod positioned in the chamber and relative to the elongatedopening, anarm adjustably carried by the rodand projecting through theelongated opening of thechamber, means for holding the'rod in itsadjusted positions, and an extension Min formed on the arm and carryinga light socket, the end of the extension and socket being positionedforwardly of the face of the mirror.

Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Coun- U by, California, this 28th dayof March, 1930.

HARLEY G. CORWIN. GEORGE D. BLAIR. CLARENCE W. GILMAN.

